Break-up record
Cosmos 1408
Cosmos 1408 was a Soviet satellite launched in 1982 that had long stopped working. On 15 November 2021 it was destroyed by a Russian anti-satellite missile test, scattering fragments across low Earth orbit. 1,802 of its fragments are now entered in the Orbital Register; all but 4 came down after 15 November 2021. The largest remaining piece, still catalogued as COSMOS 1408, re-entered on 27 October 2024 (2024-1716).
1,802
Fragments on record
15 Nov 2021
Break-up
25 May 2022
Half down by
2 Jun 2026
Latest to come down
4
Still in orbit
Fragments coming down, month by month
Bars: per month · line: share of the cloud downFragments re-entered that monthShare of all 1,802 on record
The fragments
Every fragment on record
Each fragment has its own register entry and permanent number. Fragment pages are kept out of search results; this page carries them.
Entry no.ObjectCountryLaunchedEnded (UTC)In orbitHow it ended
2023-0470COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51404 · 1982-092BJA · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0471COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52805 · 1982-092BZS · FragmentUSSR—7 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0489COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49621 · 1982-092DN · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0490COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50257 · 1982-092XW · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0491COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50945 · 1982-092AWQ · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0492COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51192 · 1982-092AZS · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0493COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51522 · 1982-092BKX · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0494COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51610 · 1982-092BPP · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0495COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 52572 · 1982-092BYV · FragmentUSSR—11 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0519COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49854 · 1982-092LM · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0520COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50912 · 1982-092AVF · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0521COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 51316 · 1982-092BEJ · FragmentUSSR—14 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0548COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49582 · 1982-092BX · FragmentUSSR—15 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0549COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49700 · 1982-092GV · FragmentUSSR—15 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0550COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49864 · 1982-092LX · FragmentUSSR—15 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0551COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50073 · 1982-092TM · FragmentUSSR—15 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0564COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50108 · 1982-092UY · FragmentUSSR—16 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0565COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50292 · 1982-092ZH · FragmentUSSR—16 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0571COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 49576 · 1982-092BR · FragmentUSSR—17 Mar 2023—Re-entered2023-0596COSMOS 1408 DEBNORAD 50890 · 1982-092AUH · FragmentUSSR—20 Mar 2023—Re-entered
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